Revisting a Woman in a Class All Her Own

Front of cabinet card by Lydia J. Cadwell showing woman draped in a lace shawl and headpiece. (Courtesy McIntyre-Culy Collection)

A few years ago I celebrated the many accomplishments an extraordinary woman named Lydia J. Cadwell. Not only did she have at least one famous client (Frederick Douglass) who sought her out as a photographer, […]